% Formal policy established, regarding Libreboot's zero-blob policy
% Leah Rowe
% 2 January 2022

Libreboot intentionally *de-blobs* coreboot, which is to say that in does not
include binary blobs. It is a distribution of entirely Free Software and, as
such, only supports a handful of machines from coreboot, which otherwise
requires binary blobs on most systems. Libreboot's version of coreboot is
entirely *free*, on all supported mainboards.

Libreboot is designed to comply with the Free Software Foundation's
[Respects Your Freedom criteria](https://ryf.fsf.org/about/criteria) and
the [GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html),
ensuring that it is entirely [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).

Libreboot's operational policy regarding blobs has not changed, and will not
change, but it was previously unwritten, relying on assumptions based on
FSF criteria. Libreboot's policy is to comply with FSF policy, but there is a
lot of nuance involved:

**[A formal set of guidelines / criteria are now available.](../policy.md) They
outline, in detail, Libreboot's precise policy, regarding binary blobs.**
